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December 21 2013

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July 22 20132013-07-22January 01 20132013-01-01A photograph of a padapuja in a decorated ashram room with black slate walls and a golden tiger-faced lion throne. A man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-orange robe and a beaded necklace, sits on a cushioned seat at right, smiling; the appearance is consistent with the a person candidate, with orange robes and long hair as cues, seated on the throne. Seated before him on the floor is a man in a maroon robe and a man in white with a tilak, along with a woman in orange and a young boy in yellow. Silver trays hold oil lamps, flower petals and rose petals arranged in front of the throne, with brass bells and a silver lamp stand nearby.2013-12-29A seated man in an ornate golden throne wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a cream-and-gold floral garland, bare chest and bare feet resting on a silver tray of flowers and small lit oil lamps. A probable Swamiji candidate: long swept-back hair, ceremonial gold ornaments and orange-saffron ceremonial clothing, seated on a gilded peetha with a tiger-striped cloth. Around him, devotees in white clothes with orange lanyards kneel and tend the offerings: one man in white holds a tray, a woman in white pours or arranges items, and another woman in white with a red bindi sits at the right edge. Brass bells and hanging lamps hang above, with a black wall and a wall-mounted air conditioner behind. The scene reads as a ritual padapuja with lamps and flower offerings.2013-05-16January 25 20162016-01-25June 17 20172017-06-17December 21 20132013-12-21July 22 20132013-07-22December 02 20172017-12-02July 19 20122012-07-19A seated figure in a red-and-saffron robe with long dark hair and a white tilak sits on a golden throne with a golden lion-headed armrest, smiling. In front, a woman in white with folded hands (anjali) and a red-and-white shawl sits beside a woman in an orange sari and a man in white dhoti. At right, a bald man in a red shirt, a boy in a yellow kurta with a rudraksha mala, and a man in white with a tilak kneel near steel and silver puja thalis filled with flowers, lamps and offerings. Brass hanging lamps and a colourful flower garland decorate the background, with a painted deity figure at right edge. Judging by the person in saffron-hued robe on the throne, this appears to be padapuja and satsang setting; probable Swamiji (probable), seated on the throne with long swept-back hair, saffron robe and rudraksha-style adornments, receiving devotees at a padapuja.2013-12-29April 04 20122012-04-04